Beneath the shade of eastern woodlands grows Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum), a spring wildflower of striking beauty and hidden danger. In this episode of The Herbalist’s Journal, host Celine, forester and Board Certified Master Arborist, explores the plant’s unique biology, its role in Indigenous medicine, and the folklore that surrounds its hooded blooms and bright red berries. Discover how this woodland plant became both healer and teacher in human culture.

Towering over late-summer meadows, Joe-Pye weed (Eutrochium spp.) is both a pollinator favorite and a plant steeped in healing traditions. In this episode of The Herbalist’s Journal, host Celine, forester and Board Certified Master Arborist, explores its role in Indigenous medicine, its use by the legendary healer Joe Pye, and its place in American folk remedies. Discover how this striking wildflower bridges ecology, culture, and history.

Along shady streams and damp woodland edges grows jewelweed (Impatiens capensis and I. pallida), a plant long treasured as nature’s remedy for poison ivy and nettle stings. In this episode of The Herbalist’s Journal, host Celine, forester and Board Certified Master Arborist, explores jewelweed’s shimmering leaves, exploding seed pods, and its deep cultural roots. From Indigenous healing practices to folk remedies carried into homesteads, discover how this humble wildflower became both medicine and marvel in the landscape.